Sugarcane bioethanol production has room for improvement

publicservice.co.uk
03 March 2011

Amidst environmental concerns and the ever increasing price of oil, many politicians and scientists consider biofuels to be the most suitable alternative to their fossil fuel counterparts. However, an article in the current issue of Global Change Biology Bioenergy questions the overall benefits that result from one such method.

Sugarcane bioethanol, produced from crop biomass, has been promoted as an environmentally sustainable source of renewable energy. However, a recent study highlights that if one is to consider emissions from land use management, the potential climate benefit of this method might be somewhat diminished.

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